Gero下呂市
Gero-shi. The name ends in 市 (shi), the word for city.
Gero (下呂市, Gero-shi) is a city in Gifu Prefecture. Population 30,428 (2020 census), area 851.21 km². Borders 8 places.
A city (市 / shi) in Gifu Prefecture. It elects its own mayor and assembly, the same tier of government as every other municipality in Japan.
Facts
- Japanese name
- 下呂市
- Reading
- Gero-shi
- Kind
- City (市): a local government
- Prefecture
- Gifu 岐阜県
- Region
- Chūbu 中部
- Population
- 30,428 (2020 census)
- Change since 2015
- -9.4% from 33,585
- Area
- 851.21 km²
- Density
- 36 people per km²
- Households
- 11,686
- Under 15
- 10.7%
- 65 and over
- 40.6%
- Foreign residents
- 467 (1.5%)
- Code
- 21220 (団体コード, the municipality code)
- Website
- www.city.gero.lg.jp
- Wikipedia
- English / 日本語
Neighbouring municipalities
8 places share a land border with Gero. Borders across water are not counted.
Questions about Gero
- Is Gero a city or a prefecture?
- Gero (下呂市) is a city (市, shi) in Gifu Prefecture. It is a municipality, the lower of Japan's two tiers of local government, and elects its own mayor and assembly.
- Where is Gero?
- Gero is in Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県), in the Chūbu region of Japan. The prefecture is a government; the region is a customary grouping of prefectures and elects nothing.
- What is the population of Gero?
- 30,428 at the 2020 census, down 9.4% from 33,585 in 2015. The area is 851.21 km², which is 36 people per km². 11,686 households. 40.6% of residents are 65 or older and 10.7% are under 15.
- Which municipalities border Gero?
- Eight: Otaki Village (王滝村) in Nagano, Kiso Town (木曽町) in Nagano, Takayama City (高山市), Seki City (関市), Nakatsugawa City (中津川市), Gujo City (郡上市), Hichiso Town (七宗町), and Shirakawa Town (白川町). These are the municipalities that share a land border with Gero in the boundary data. Borders across water are not counted.
- How is Gero written in Japanese?
- 下呂市, read Gero-shi. The last character, 市 (shi), is the word for city, and the name is often used without it in English.
- How does an address in Gero begin?
- 岐阜県下呂市… (Gifu-ken, Gero-shi, …). The prefecture name is written first, then the city name. After that are written the named area, the chōme, the block, and the building number.
Boundaries and neighbours: MLIT 国土数値情報. Population, households, and age groups: 2020 Population Census (令和2年国勢調査). Area: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (全国都道府県市区町村別面積調, 2020). Website and Wikipedia links: Wikidata.